Wednesday, September 29, 2010

....you've SEEN the previews.... you've heard the screaming....and now, here's just another little peek of what you can do with these ADORABLY CHIC and SASSY new "Miss Anyas" from The Greeting Farm:

Introducing: MISS ANYA LOUNGE

I needed to make some treat bags for a tween overnighter and these little girlies arrived just in time. They were so quick and easy to make and the personalities of the real girls can be matched to the Miss Anya styles, cool huh?

I used navy Stazon to stamp the semi-transparent bags and topped them with a Spellbinders die (one of the labels can't remember which and I threw out the info) folded over the top. Holes were punched on either side and ribbon was threaded through both the bag and the die. The flower was made using my cricut and a flower SVG from The Digi Chick.

These sassy chicks will be available at The Greeting Farm in JUST two days-October 1st, but there is ONE set hidden on a DT member's blog today! So grab a cuppa somethin', sit back, relax and LOUNGE as you have a blast seeing the samples today!

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Hey everyone! FALL is HERE! Can you smell the apple pies, crisp leaves, and spiced cider? Well we thought we'd SPICE things up for you indeed with a CHANCE TO WIN at the end of our "HIDE and SNEAK PEEK" with The Greeting Farm and Club Anya & Friends today!

It all starts on the TGF Blog today and as you can see, Oliver and Amelia are REALLY having fun sneaking away from Marie and Jess and playing Hide and Seek! Cute little buggers, we just couldn't seem to catch them for previews today.

However, we've heard through several sources that they've been spotted hanging out on the DT's blogs and well, we plan on catching them VERY soon!

Your mission? HOP THOSE BLOGS and check out the NEW OLIVER & AMELIA set "Just for You!" Here's the order of the Hop:

Oh-and here's the thing-because of the "DOUBLE TROUBLE" that these two have been causing, there will be TWO winners selected at random for participating in our "HIDE & SNEAK PEEK!" BOTH will be announced tomorrow here and on the Club Anya & Friends Blog, so stay tuned and have a BLAST finding those two cuties...and seeing what the DT has put together today, JUST FOR YOU :)

Friday, September 24, 2010

We have a little treat for you today on the TGF Blog as we are previewing one sweet little dude-that's right-ANOTHER brand new IAN has come to the farm, he's cute, coy, and CAFFEINATED!

Introducing: CAFE IAN!

This tall drink o' water (or should we say, tall cuppa joe?) will be available on OCTOBER 1st along with the rest of the TGF sneak peeks you'll be seeing beginning next week!

For now, the Farmers have a special treat for you today using this week's FFF challenge, a sketch by Mercy:

And here's my card, complete w/ the cream and sugar:

Isn't he sweet? So many possibilities for making fun gift giving projects with this little guy. I left the center of the cup open so that I could tuck a coffee house gift card inside for a teacher gift.

We have a FUN announcement for you today here on the Farm-please welcome TANYA TAHIR as our October Guest Designer for TGF! Tanya will be growing lots of fun , creative ideas with us over the next few weeks and we're happy to have her! Be sure to head over to the Club Anya and Friend's blog today, too-there's a HUGE surprise waiting for you across our little Cafe that is sure to make you smile :)

I'll see you back on Tuesday with another TGF Preview, but be sure to stop by the TGF Blog tomorrow, too for some CRITTER CREW previews and another ANNOUNCEMENT!! Also:

Save the DATE! On FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1st, our RELEASE PARTY goes live at 7pm CST on our PCP Chat Page, and also on the TGF Blog beginning with our Farm Fresh Friday challenges in the morning! Yep, that was challengeS! We are having a FALL FESTIVAL of challenges that day for you! There will be THREE different challenges-two for FFF and a speed challenge announced during the Release Day party that evening! It all adds up to LOTS of chances to WIN! Don't miss out!

Friday, September 17, 2010

After all the Halloween goodness at The Greeting Farm, I am so in the mood for Fall! Did you get your digis?

"TGF is goin' OLD SCHOOL! In honor of Back to School time, we thought we'd do a traditional "Back to School" challenge until Jess and Marie decided, why not go OLD SCHOOL?

I dug through my stash looking for this cutie, it is one of my absolute favorites and is an early one (maybe the first?) from the Hope and Grace line. I think the flowers are from the same set. She looked like she belonged in a farmers field next to some fall flowers.

If you want to play along here is the deal....

In order to be considered truly OLD SCHOOL, it's easier to limit the stamps to what you cannot use vs. what you can: You CANNOT use:

*Wild Sprouts

*Cheeky Cherry collection

*Oliver/Amelia Stamps

*Creepers or Creepy Cakes

*Any Anya AFTER the release of WILD WEST ANYA (Spring/Summer 09)

*Any Ian AFTER the releases of SKATER IAN (Spring 09)

*Miss Anyas/My Guy Ians

*Any Critter Crew images

*Grandparents/Darling Sisters

If you have specific questions, you can email Jessica at teamanya@gmail.com. Just think OLD SCHOOL. Older the better :)

This contest will be opened for a few weeks. The winner of this contest will be crowned OLD SCHOOL CHAMP and receive the ENTIRE October release along with an old, smelly pair of Converse All-Stars aka Chuck Taylors!! (ok, KIDDING on the latter prize!)

A runner up will ALSO win a 4x6 set of their choice! This will be a random contest, but hey, why not a runner up too? :)

The contest winner will be announced on Monday, September September 27th during our first October Preview post. That's a lot of time, so get busy and get OLD SCHOOL! You have until Sunday, Sept 26th at 8pm CST to enter your card.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Back for another preview of The Greeting Farm's Halloween cuties. They are available today so fly on over and get them as fast as your little broom can carry you. As a special celebration we are having a little Trick or Treat blog hop. There will be THREE winners- two for a Halloween digi of choice and one GRAND prize winner gets all five. I know you want them all so just start at THE GREETING FARM BLOG and comment your way through all the girlies blogs (listed at the bottom if you get lost) and end up at CLUB ANYA AND FRIENDS.

This is a cool treat container shaped like a witches hat. Is that witch not THE cutest evah?

I found a tutorial for this super easy treat holder HERE. I made mine just a bit bigger than the one in the tut but it is very easy to adapt.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

I am going to get started early this year on my son's Halloween costume. We have something pretty cool in mind and it is going to take some time to put together. I may suck at being a parent sometimes but at least I can make a kick a** costume, LOL! I will post a pick when we get it done. In the mean time I have some party favors for you.

Marie at The Greeting Farm has totally outdone herself in creating some awesome Halloween digis which will be available September 15th! I made some wine glass charms using shrink plastic and little baby beads for the guests initials. I printed the digi's as is from the download (meaning I didn't change the size) onto inkjet shrinky paper. They turned out about 1.5 inches which was just about right for the charms. Obviously the wine glasses are for the older crowd.

To adapt them for a kids party just attach the charms to a colorful ponytail holder and slide it on a plastic cup.

Next up I made a little pillow box party favor out of a tp roll (if you feel a little queesy using tp or want a bigger one use a paper towel roll). I saw this idea at Skip to my Lou blog. She has some awesome stuff there go check it out!

It is so simple and a great way to recycle. Take a tp roll and cut some PP to the width of the roll and long enough to go around and a bit for an overlap.

Attach paper to the tube. Little clothespins always help when I am in need of extra fingers.

Bend the ends inward so they over lap.

Embellish as you like.

And fill em up with goodies!
Stop back again tomorrow for another preview of these cuties!

Monday, September 13, 2010

Happy Monday ( I know oxymoron) to ya! I though I would pop in today to show you my annual frog-themed birthday card made for my boss.

As you may or may not know I work in a lab that studies frog development and I always make (or gasp, sometimes buy) my boss a frog themed card. For this one, I took the Science Guy's body and glasses from Whimsidoodles (my apologies to Melyssa) and combined it with a frog head (Stamp source unkown, sorry). A little Far Sidish, which I love! The paper is digi from The Digi Chick called Imagine That.

The inside (excluding my written Bday wish) was all digitally created, cool huh? Hope he likes it!
See ya back here tomorrow for some TGF previews you will not want to miss!

Friday, September 10, 2010

Happy Friday! The FARM FRESH FRIDAY CHALLENGE this week is to make a card that moves. I had never made a waterfall card before and thought I would give one a try.

Initially I thought to make this a B-day card for my sis but it was brought to my attention that someone could use a card of encouragement so I changed course a bit with the sentiments. The little girl from the BUDDIES SET was perfect for this one.

I always wanted to try a waterfall card (you pull the ribbon and the layers unfold sequentially) but was intimidated cause they looked complicated.

It turned out to be pretty easy though and I am sure to make lots more of these fun cards. Click HERE for a tutorial that I found to be helpful.

Such a fun card to play with and you can use any kind of shape. I have seen them with ovals, stars and squares also.

Soooo you've got to move it, move it on over to TGF and make something that rock and rolls!
Have a great weekend!

Friday, September 3, 2010

Well, did ya love, love, LOVE, the new stamps sets from The Greeting Farm? I am sure you could tell I do. Thanks so much for all the sweet comments!
Did you ever watch Charmed, loved that show after Shannen Doherty left. This weeks Farm Fresh Friday challenge is brought to you by the number three. You need to use three different PPs and three different embellies.

I took it a step further and did three's all over the place. Three folds, three patterned papers, three brads, well you get the idea. I did however use the one and only cutie pie OH BOY IAN.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

HELLO EVERYONE! WELCOME ALL to the "SWEET SEPTEMBER" Blog Hop featuring our Farmers, Team Anya, and our beloved Critter Crew! ALL THREE of our teams are joining forces today to bring you ONE SWEET Blog Hop with The Greeting Farm!

Just to recap, the new releases, "Sweet and Toxic", "Oh, Boy" Ian, and SWEET Anya are NOW in the TGF Store! Also, our three new Marina Neira critters are available as digital downloads for INSTANT gratification! Woo HOO!!!!

I used the SWEET AND TOXIC SET to make a couple of yummy Halloween projects. The first is a lollipop covered with those adorable skulls.

The second is a card made based on the skulls as well. The tiny little image was stamped, then enlarged (a lot) on a printer. The bow was replaced by my candy/ribbon one and the eyes were removed to let the cutie peep out.

The top of the skull flips up to reveal the inside.

Be sure to stop by the TGF Blog if you are JUST beginning the hop and make it all the way to the CLUB ANYA & FRIENDS blog through the end to see the endless possibilities with this month's cute new additions to the Farm and to leave your comments along the way...there are some SWEET prizes to be had today!

Prizes? Did someone say PRIZES?

Yes indeed! To sweeten the deal today in celebration of these new releases, there will be individual prizes given out as well as one ENTIRE release to a lucky winner! Yep, that's a LOT of prizes! Here's what's for grabs:

1 winner will be chosen to win the SWEET & TOXIC SET

1 winner will be chosen to win the SWEET ANYA Stamp

1 winner will be chosen to win the OH, BOY IAN Stamp

1 winner will be chosen to win the THREE NEW CC DIGIS

and ONE GRAND PRIZE WINNER will receive THE ENTIRE RELEASE for SEPTEMBER!!!

That's a LOT of chances to win! So go, hop, and be merry :) Here's where you want to be:

About Me

I am a mom to two great kids and wife to a very tolerant husband. When I am not at my job as a research biologist (which I LOVE) or running the kids around to their numerous activities, I can be found immersed in some type of crafty endeavor.
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